Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin, right, and her attorney Aubrey Williams listen to testimony during her ethics hearing at the Metro Hall. Nov. 6, 2012

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The instructor for an upholstery class for ex-offenders that prompted ethics charges against Louisville Metro Council member Barbara Shanklin told police that the councilwoman loaned her $400 to $500 four or five times - and she often paid back the debt with cash.

Linda Haywood was paid $100 to teach the taxpayer-funded upholstery class before it was halted by Metro Government officials who determined that no ex-offenders were participating.

According to records obtained under the Kentucky Public Records Act, Haywood told detectives from the Louisville Police's Public Integrity ...